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A Staffordshire Police spokesman said: "A woman from Stafford was arrested at HMP Dovegate on Tuesday, November 20, on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and taking prohibited articles into a prison.

"She has since been released under investigation pending further enquiries.

"And a man from Rugeley was arrested at HMP Dovegate on Monday, November 26, on suspicion of conspiracy to supply controlled substances and conspiracy to convey prohibited articles into a prison.

"He has also since been released under investigation pending further enquiries."

Dovegate counts murderers and sex offenders among its 1,147 inmates.

HMP Dovegate entrance (Image: Stoke on Trent Live)

Is there a problem with smuggling at Dovegate?

Prison teacher Andrew Julian was jailed after being caught with cannabis valued at nearly £60,000 in his locker.

The 32-year-old, of Main Street, Bradbourne, was hiding nearly 1kg of the Class B drug and was sentenced to 26 months behind bars.

In March, 50-year-old Dovegate prison officer Adrian Kedzierski, was jailed for three years for smuggling in Class B drug Mamba.

Kedzierski, of Burton, had worked in the therapeutic community in the prison and supported inmates with drink and drug addictions.